A question on many people’s minds is what’s next for Denis Villeneuve? He’s coming off the biggest and most successful film of his career, “Dune: Part II,” and he’s said to be taking a break from the world of Arrakis before he embarks on the third film, “Dune: Messiah.”
THR’s Bory Kit is hinting that Villeneuve’s already decided what his next one will be and that it’ll be a “smaller movie.” Kit adds that ‘Messiah’ isn’t “happening any time soon.” So, what could this smaller movie be? Then again, when compared to ‘Dune’ any movie might be smaller. Are talking something along the lines of his earlier works, “Enemy” and “Prisoners”?
Some are speculating that it might be his recently announced adaptation of Annie Jacobsen‘s nonfiction book “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” but I’m hearing that’s not what Kit was alluding to — the plan for that one has always been to shoot it AFTER “Dune: Messiah.” The screenplay hasn’t even been written yet for ‘Nuclear War.’
Villeneuve recently stated that he has three potential working projects as possibilities for his next film, they are “Cleopatra,” “Rendezvous with Rama,” and a “secret” film that is “time sensitive.”